Where does “muuntorangaistus” come from?

muuntorangaistus (Finnish) comes from Finnish muunto-, from Finnish muuntaa, from Finnish muu, from Proto-Finnic muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mu.

muuntorangaistus (Finnish): imprisonment in default of fine, incarceration for unpaid fines

Definitions

  1. imprisonment in default of fine, incarceration for unpaid fines

Ancestry of “muuntorangaistus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuunto-—
2Finnishmuuntaato convert, transform; Third-person singular...
3Finnishmuuother, another; the others; else
4Proto-Finnicmuuother, another; different
5Proto-Finno-Ugricmu—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric mu →Every word from Proto-Finnic muu →Every word from Finnish muu →